Well, this is embarrassing. I bought a geocoin, activated it, and then carried it around for a couple of weeks. And then…I lost it. The last time I remember having it was when we were in New York for the Perfume movie a couple of weeks ago, and now it is not anywhere. I’ve looked in all my coat and pants pockets, and all through my Firefox backpack that I’d brought with me, and through my purse. I have no freaking clue where my geocoin is. I finally e-mailed the friend we were staying with to ask if he’s seen it - perhaps I put it down on a table or something instead of putting in my pocket like I thought I did. Augh!

Today we went geocaching using two GPS devices. The first was my new voice nav system, which is really cool. I found addresses near the caches I was planning to find, and I used my DegDeg to get between them. (Still wondering if anybody knows where I got that?) And of course I used my regular eTrex GPSr to find the actual caches. While I was looking for Panda Palace I suddenly realized I didn’t have my GPSr - it wasn’t in any pockets and I had to retrace my steps through a bamboo forest to find it. Fortunately it was right out in the open and the cache itself turned out to be right nearby. Next I found Small Park for a Big Battle which is a park that I have seen a few times before (mostly while going to Chutzpah) but never stopped to actually investigate. The last two, View from the Cheap Seats and Hot Summer Nights were both very easy finds near the main center for county government.

I had picked these caches because they were all pretty near Fair Oaks Mall, and I wanted to stop by to shop for fancy clothes. I didn’t really have anything nice to wear for Thanksgiving and I want to find something good for Xmas/New Year’s. Unfortunately the parking lot was full, and we knew it would be a zoo inside, so we just came home.

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